2024/25 Public Holidays
The 2024/25 public holidays are:
- Monday 1 April 2024
- Monday 6 May 2024
- Monday 15 July 2024
- Monday 14 October 2024
- Wednesday 25 December 2024
- Thursday 26 December 2024
- Wednesday 1 January 2025
- Thursday 2 January 2025
The next Public Holiday is Monday 14 October 2024.
Community Pharmacies
Most of the community pharmacies will be closed on Monday 14 October 2024 (please see poster at the bottom of this page). The following community pharmacies will be open:
| Coldstream | Coldstream Pharmacy | 08:45 - 17:30 |
| Duns | GLM Romanes Pharmacy | 09:00 - 17:30 |
| Eyemouth | GLM Romanes Pharmacy | 09:00 - 13:00; 14:00 - 17:30 |
| Galashiels | Boots Pharmacy | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Borders Pharmacy | 09:00 - 17:30 | |
| Tesco Pharmacy | 09:00 - 18:00 | |
| Hawick | HHCC Pharmacy | 09:13:00; 14:00 - 18:00 |
| Lindsay & Gilmour | 09:00 - 18:00 | |
| Jedburgh | Jedburgh Pharmacy | 08:45 - 17:30 |
| Kelso | Boots Pharmacy | 09:00 - 17:30 |
| Lauder | Lauder Pharmacy | 09:00 - 13:00; 14:00 - 18:00 |
| Peebles | Right Medicine Pharmacy | 09:00 - 13:00; 14:00 - 17:30 |
| Selkirk | Lindsay & Gilmour | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Right Medicine Pharmacy | 09:00 - 17:30 | |
| West Linton | West Linton Pharmacy | 09:00 - 13:00; 14:00 - 18:00 |
In preparation for the upcoming public holiday, please check your repeat prescription and order only what you need, in plenty of time.
Community Pharmacists can provide you with expert advice and treatment for a range of common illnesses and ailments and give advice about your medicines.
Please be considerate when attending your local pharmacy: You should stay at home and avoid contact with other people if you feel unwell. Please make arrangements for someone else to pick up your medication or ask your pharmacy to have your prescription delivered to your home, as you may unintentionally be putting yourself, pharmacy staff and others at unnecessary risk.
Dental Centres
Our Public Dental Service sites at Coldstream Dental Centre, Galashiels Health Centre and Kelso Health Centre will be closed for the Public Holiday on Monday 14 October.
Dental emergency cover will be provided from Hawick Dental Centre. If you have a Dental Emergency, please contact the Dental Enquiry Line on 0300 7900 710 during the hours of 8am-6pm.
Health Centres and GP Practices
Most Health Centres and GP Practices in the Borders will be closed for the public holiday on Monday 14 October 2024. Although the following Health Centres and GP Practices will be open:
- Coldstream Medical Practice
- Earlston Medical Practice
- Roxburgh Street Medical Practice
- Teviot Medical Practice
- Kelso Medical Practice
- Stow & Lauder Medical Practice, Lauder
- Eildon Medical Practice, Melrose
- Newcastleton Medical Practice
- Eildon Medical Practice, Newtown St Boswells
- Stow & Lauder Medical Practice, Stow
- West Linton Medical Practice
Please help us to keep you and our NHS safe by using our services wisely and seeking the right care in the right place.
If you need health advice or treatment for non-life-threatening conditions, please call NHS 24 on 111 and they will signpost you to the right place to get the advice or care that you need. You may need to wait a while for your call to be answered or for a member of the team to call you back, but this can be done in the comfort of your own home.
If you do need to be seen you may be given an appointment. This will avoid you having to make any unnecessary trips to hospital and it also ensures that our specialists in the Emergency Department are available to treat people who require emergency medical care for life threatening conditions.
If it is an emergency, you should still call 999 as you did before or come to the Emergency Department, where our team will be able provide you with emergency medical care.
